News & Events
		Previous San Doctor Publications
2025
Feature stories & authors
- Maternal Assisted Caesareans - Dr Suelyn Lai-Smith
 - New Scout device at the San locates non-palpable breast lesions without hookwires - A/Prof Nicholas Ngui
 - New Medical Trial : Safety & Feasibility Dose Escalation Study for Evaluation of RT-310 for Treatment of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) Secondary to Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) - A/Prof James Symons
 - Aneurysms of the aortic root and ascending aorta - Dr Andrew Sherrah
 - Endoscopy training with the world’s best in Shanghai - Dr Hunter Wang
 
Feature stories & authors
- Ergonomics Exoscope study - A/Prof Payal Mukherjee & A/Prof Raewyn Campbell
 - Stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) - Dr Joe Chang
 - The role of screening in familial cardiovascular disease - Dr Charles Nelson
 - San Orthopaedics Rapid Acess Injury Service
 
2024
Feature stories & authors
- Deep Brain Stimulation - Dr Jacqueline McMaster, Prof Brian Owler & Dr Natalie Palavra
 - San Radiology & Nuclear Medicine - Comprehensive Breast Care Service
 - San Centre of Excellence for the closure of left atrial appendage - Dr Dennis Wang & Dr Jason Sharp
 - Ankle Joint Replacement: The Next Step Forward - Dr A Scott Newman
 - The San named among nation's best for stroke care
 
Featured stories & authors
- Endoscopic spine surgery comes to the San - Dr Shanu Gambhir
 - Ischaemic heart disease - Dr Ru-Dee Ting
 - The ROSEND trial is opening at Sydney Adventist Hospital! - Professor Gerald Fogarty
 - New ANU study finds more advanced breast cancer since COVID-19
 - Inguinal Robotic Hernia Repair Quality Project Milestone
 
Featured stories & authors
- New hope for patients with leaking tricuspid valves - Dr Dennis Wang & Dr Jason Sharp
 - San offers new treatment for achondroplasia, cutting waiting times - Dr Neil Ginsberg
 - A Case Study: The Power of Lifestyle Medicine In Practice
 - Sydney Adventist Hospital celebrates the contribution of Women in Medicine at IWD event
 - ACT-Sydney MS Cohort Study: Project Update
 
Featured stories & authors
- Purpose-built PET-CT Centre opens at Sydney Adventist Hospital following $7million donation
 - 24-hour ambulatory BP monitor (ABPM) - Dr Charles Nelson
 - New medical treatment trial introduced at the San - A/Prof Craig Lynch
 - The San installs advanced heart lung machine
 
2023
Featured stories & authors
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery - Dr Cecelia Gzell
 - Impressive early results: project evaluates robotic hernia repairs - A/Prof Stephen Pillinger
 - A new minimally invasive option for knee arthritis – genicular artery embolisation - Dr Chris Rogan
 - Participants wanted for Brain Enhancement Study - A/Prof Ross Grant
 - Paediatric Pulmonary Hypertension - Dr David Youssef
 - ELIA Lifestyle Medical Centre
 - Case Study: Cancer rehabilitation – reconditioning support for people with cancer - Dr Sam Steele
 - The San achieves highest ranking in NSW for outpatient cancer services again
 
Featured stories & authors
- Relief for women with debilitating pelvic floor conditions - Dr James Alexander
 - Robotic Inguinal Hernia Project - Dr Stephen Pillinger
 - Beware the atypical claudicant! - Dr Saissan Rajendran
 - Knee arthroscopy: how throwing the baby our with the bathwater may not give patients the best outcomes - A/Prof Nigel Hope
 - Better heart health for potentially overlooked patients - Dr Elizabeth Shaw
 - “Tenoporosis” - Dr Stuart Kirkham
 - Pioneering Advances in Spinal Cord Stimulation - Dr Vahid Mohabbati
 - Theranostics Lu-PSMA: Additional treatment option for prostate cancer - Dr Edwin Szeto
 
Featured stories & authors
- Pre-conception and early pregnancy screening for GPs - Dr Suelyn Lai-Smith
 - San opens Medical Assessment Unit
 - Spinal cord stimulation - Dr Alister Ramachandran
 - ELIA Lifestyle Medicine Centre launch at the San
 - What's new in the radiotherapy of skin? - Professor Gerald Fogarty
 - Biologies show good results for psoriasis treatment - Clinical Professor Saxon Smith
 - Management of conductive hearing loss in adults - Assoc Professor Payal Mukherjee
 - Teddy Bears take their picnic to Sydney Adventist Hospital
 - Multiple sclerosis research to benefit from ANU-Sydney Adventist Hospital collaboration
 - Quick Fox - San perfusionists invent new process for oxygenator change-out
 - Anal cancer screening finally on the horizon - Dr Penelope De Lacavalerie
 - San Volunteers honoured during National Volunteer Week
 
2022
Read Spring 2022 Edition
Featured stories & authors
- San leads NSW in providing excellent cancer outpatient experience for 5th year in a row
 - Meralgia paraesthetica: Entrapment of the Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve - Dr Alan Nazha
 - San researcher wins prestigious international Rosalin Franklin Award
 - Topical treatments for skin cancers - Dr Geetha Sivapirabu
 - Diabetes & Bariatric Surgery - Dr Christos Apostolou, Dr Carla Gillespie & Dr Andrew Pearson
 - Self-collected Respiratory Virus/COVID-19 PCR Swabs now available through DHM Pathology - Dr James Newcombe
 - Emeritus Consultant appointments
 - Robotic Colorectal Resection in the Elderly: is 80 the new 70? - A/Prof Craig Lynch, Dr Stephen Pillinger & Dr Praveen Ravindran
 - Innovative use of robotic surgery to remove schwannoma - Dr James Symons
 - One-stop-shop syncope clinic at the San
 - Sydney Adventist Hospital ranked in the Newsweek World’s Best Specialized Hospitals
 - Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A misdiagnosed and devastating case - Dr Vahid Mohabbati
 - 3D-printed ear earns San-based ENU surgeon a finalist spot in the 2022 Eureka Awards - Prof Payal Mukherjee
 - The Australian National University partners with one of the nation’s oldest and largest private hospitals to advance Whole Person Health in medicine
 
Read Winter 2022 Edition
Featured stories & authors
- Laser ear surgery - Dr Samuel McGinness
 - COVID-19 impact on colorectal cancer screening in Australia and how we can help - Dr Penelope De Lacavalerie
 - Common spinal presentations: Sciatica - Dr Randolph Gray
 - The San achieves a new level in prostate care
 - Eosinophilic oesophagitis - Dr Saurabh Gupta
 - Congratulations Professor John Watson AM, the new Director of the Eccles Institute for Neuroscience at the Australian National University (ANU)
 - Functional planning in robotic total hip replacement - Dr John Limbers
 - Genetic testing is more important than ever - Dr Hilda High
 - AHCL-ANU collaboration: Our student doctors
 - Cognitive changes after surgery in elderly patients - Dr Kenny Lewis
 - The (dangerous) faces of hypertension - Dr James Wong
 - Have your patients had their health checks? Skin cancer screening, Syncope Blackouts & Faints, Breast imaging...
 - Australian first: Hands-free digital exo-scope ushers in new era - Dr Phillip Katelaris
 - Update to the San Swaddle program
 
Read Summer 2022 Edition
Featured stories & authors
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Assessment & Management - Dr Mohammed Baba
 - Medicare is now covering clinically relevant autologous fat grafting - Dr Farid Meybodi
 - San robotic fellowship trains at the consultant level - Dr Stephen Pillinger & Associate Professor Craig Lynch
 - Addressing declining rates of breast cancer screening caused by the pandemic - Dr Sandra Krishnan
 - New academic appointments announced as part of partnership between Adventist HealthCare Limited (AHCL) and The Australian National University (ANU)
 - The San once again leads the way on cancer outpatient experience survey
 - Bioimpedence spectroscopy key to early diagnosis of lymphoedema
 - Study confirms safety of saline use in critical care patients
 - Artificial intelligence monitoring patient deterioration proves superior to other early warning systems - Dr Levi Bassin
 - Genomic testing for breast cancer patients spares unnecessary chemotherapy - Dr Nicholas Ngui
 - Burning Hearts: How Climate Change is a Heart Attack - Dr Fiona Foo
 - How the San Foundation contributes to excellence
 - Newsweek 2022 Survey: Sydney Adventist Hospital ranked one of world’s top hospitals for oncology
 - Recognising outstanding research at the AHCL Thrive Awards
 - San leading the way with local anaesthetic for transperineal prostate biopsy - Professor Henry Woo
 
2021
Read Spring 2021 Edition
Featured stories & authors
- Swaddle program makes private maternity care more accessible
 - Treating Parkinson's with Light Therapy
 - Does the newly launched San Breast Care have it all?
 - Beverley Sindel remembers her time at the San
 - Incontinence: Help is at Hand
 - Gastrointestinal Surgical team delivers Synchronous Robotic Surgery
 - The Evolving Role of Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy - Dr Angela Yates
 - Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes - Dr Charles Nelson
 - ELIA Wellness: GP Information - 'Reduce Your Risk for Cancer' Plan
 - New Prostate Specialist Nurse at the San
 - UAE a promising treatment for Adenomyosis - Dr Eisen Liang
 - Urology Research Fund
 - San Service Updates & Newly Accredited Specialists